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The Moon and the Stars-Chapter 7
Neither girl spoke for what seemed like hours before Rei pushed herself up into a sitting position with her back towards the younger girl, lilac eyes shifting sharply towards her speechless leader. "I'll ask again…what are you doing here Minako?" she ground out the last bit of her sentence every-so-slightly, having recovered from the shock of seeing the Venusian before Minako obviously could.
A set of azure blue eyes slowly blinked in slight confusion while the blonde watched her love sit up and away from her, yet it wasn't the distance that hurt her most, but the cold chill in Rei's voice that made Minako want to shed tears. It was this newfound sadness that fueled the anger within the goddess of Love once more, igniting a fire only Rei could ever start. "Y-You stubborn old goat! Why are you the one that's mad?! Why are you so damn hard-headed that you can't follow a simple order. Why couldn't you just stop…?" Though her rant had started out loud and furious, by the time Minako had gotten to her last question, it was barely above a whisper, unshed tears glistening in her soft blue eyes.
Without a thought nor care for the older girl's feelings, the Venusian moved to wrap her arms around Rei from behind, burying her face into the tresses of ebony hair she loved so much. Inhaling the slight scent of lavender was enough to push Minako over the edge, all her frustrations and worry spilling over tightly shut blue eyes as she sobbed quietly. "I-I…" she attempted to speak, yet choking back the tears springing from her eyes was not an option today. It took her a few minutes and several deep breaths for the goddess to speak. "I-Im sorry, Rei. I'm so sorry. Ple-please just stop hating me...I don't think my heart can take it anymore…"
Rei had been staring at the wall, finding a spot to be very interesting while awaiting Mina's response, though when the older girl heard her yell she couldn't say that she was surprised. When it came down to it, Venus had just as big a temper as Mar's did, yet that was one of the reasons they works so well together. It would seem that in the moments Rei got ready to blow, all the goddess of Love need do was smile and all was forgiven. Caught up in her own thoughts, the raven was jolted out of said thoughts as a set of slender yet strong arms took hold of her from behind. Though that wasn't what caught her off guard, but the faint sniffling just before it would seem someone opened the flood gates.
Twisting in the wanna be idols arms, Rei easily moved to hold Mina in her arms, a hand running through her golden locks to sooth the crying girl .Amethyst orbs widened in shock before she pulled the younger girl closer and without thinking pressed a loving kiss to her forehead. "Shhh….stop crying. Mina..I don't have you, I could never hate you." The usual sharp and skeptical features of Rei's face softened with an expression of warmth and love she only directed at one person, the girl in her arms. Pressing her cheek to the top of Minako's head, she easily ran her hands through the blond hair she adored. "I love you too much to ever hate you.." the statement slipped out as a mere whisper, catching both girls off guard.
It'd been all too easy for Rei to say as she mentally kicked herself in the face, her hand pausing it's ministrations while her heart threatened to just out her throat. 'I just said that outloud…' A mental storm whirled around her mind, a string of curse words a mile long sounding in her head as shining blue eyes peered up at the paling miko.
"You promise..?" Minako whispered quietly, almost too afraid to breath for then the moment could be gone and with the events of the past week…she honestly didn't know where that would leave her. "Tell me you promise..? That this isn't some cruel joke to get back at me…" For once in Minako's life, she wasn't sure. She wasn't sure if she could be honest, nor was she sure if Rei even meant what she was saying…though the one thing she just so happened to be sure of was her feelings for this raven haired angel looking down at her.
Nodding her head slightly as to convince herself this was a good idea, she moved. It seemed like time stood still for both girls as the blond moved closer, aiming for those soft red lips she'd wanted to kiss for what seemed like ages. Just an inch away, Mina dared a glance to Rei's eyes which were already sliding shut as to give Minako the green light. With that new knowledge that she wasn't going to be stopped in her attempt, the blond pressed her lips to Rei's, a hand coming up to cup her cheek while Minako tried desperately to relay everything she couldn't say in a single kiss.